HIV+ man charged with aggravated sexual assault

QUEBEC CITY - An HIV-positive man will remain behind bars as police investigate the claims of ten men who say the accused had unprotected sex with them after seeking them out on the Internet.

Steve Biron, 32, faces charges of aggravated assault and aggravated sexual assault against one alleged victim, but the Crown could lay more charges in a case that has Quebec City's gay community on edge.

On Thursday, his bail hearing was pushed back two weeks because the other men had come forward.

Police said they needed more time to investigate the claims, and a judge agreed that Biron would stay behind bars until Dec. 17.

Biron is alleged to have perused gay dating sites under the pseudonym bbackbottom31, meeting men and then having unprotected sex with them in his apartment. He was arrested after the first alleged victim found out about Biron's HIV status after bumping into him at a local hospital.